PART 4Amendment of Northern Ireland legislation

The Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992103

In Article 50 (general functions of Authority), after paragraph (3B) insert—

3C

The references in paragraph (3B) to the following provisions of the Directive are to be treated as references to those provisions with the following modifications—

a

Article 26(3) is to be read—

i

as if the reference to “Member States” were a reference to “the Department”;

ii

as if the reference to “regulatory authorities” were a reference to “the Authority”;

b

Article 37(1) is to be read as if sub-paragraph (g) were omitted;

c

Article 37(1)(q) is to be read as if for “Regulation (EC) No. 714/2009” there were substituted “the Electricity Regulation”;

d

Article 37(1)(s) is to be read as if—

i

the words “Community and third country” were omitted, and

ii

after “operators” there were inserted “in the United Kingdom and transmission system operators in countries outside the United Kingdom”;

e

Article 37(1)(t) is to be read as if the reference to Article 42 were to Article 42 with the omission of the words “must cause” to “internal market and”;

f

Article 37(3)(f) is to be read as if for “Regulation (EC) No. 714/2009” there were substituted “the Electricity Regulation”.